Public hearing to be held on Bethel affordable housing proposal

BETHEL — The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday on an affordable housing proposal.

The plan is to build a 12-unit housing complex at 10 Nashville Road Extension. Three of those units would be considered affordable.

Codfish Hill Construction and DeMarco Holdings have applied under state statute 8-30g, which prevents towns from rejecting affordable housing proposals for reasons other than health and safety.

The initial public hearing was held last month and attracted three residents, according to meeting minutes.

The commission originally planned to continue the hearing two weeks ago. But the commission tabled the hearing until it received an update from the fire marshal, who had requested changes to the proposal. The fire marshal had been worried fire crews would be unable to reach the back of some of the units.

The project engineer told the commission at a meeting last month that a revised plan should address these concerns, according to the minutes.